Most households have Thanksgiving certainties. Families will gather, people will overeat and the sounds of NFL broadcasters' poetic play-calling interlaced with impassioned cheers from the TV will likely result in countless dinner interruptions.

Why? With the fantasy football playoffs around the corner, NFL games are as much a part of a Thanksgiving feast as the essential elements themselves:

Appetizers

Homemade dips, deviled eggs and those little smoked weenies are meant to tide you over until the big meal. The fantasy equivalent are one-day game options on Yahoo, DraftKings or FanDuel. Be careful not to gorge as the Eagles and Lions are competing in the early game. Players' performances from these teams (Matthew Stafford, Calvin Johnson, DeMarco Murray) have been known to cause upset stomachs.

Dinner

The turkey, stuffing, potatoes and gravy—YUM! Gravy is the perfect word to describe your win if you started Cam Newton last week (246 passing yards, five TDs). The Panthers-Cowboys matchup offers tasty options. With Tony Romo back, this game shouldn’t be a tryptophan-induced sleeper. Big names playing besides the aforementioned quarterbacks: Dez Bryant, Jonathan Stewart, Greg Olsen and Darren McFadden (yes, he’s relevant again) should provide your fantasy fill. Filling your plate (and lineup) with too many Cowboys could get you stuffed early, especially with the way the Panthers defense has played this season.

Dessert

Bears vs. Packers is sweet. It’s like pumpkin, apple or sweet potato pie topped with homemade whipped cream. However, beware of the sugar crash as these are the Bears we're talking about. The Packers are the whipped cream as they are from America’s Dairyland, after all. Speaking of dairy, Eddie Lacy actually looked like butter in Week 11 (100 rushing yards) as opposed to looking like he ate too much of it.

Post-meal guilt

For those feeling guilty over the ingestion of more calories than the combined total yards of all teams that played on Turkey Day, I’ve got great news! It’s still possible to have a tight end that turns everyone’s heads. Crockett Gillmore, Kyle Rudolph and Delanie Walker were among the Week 11 leaders in receiving yardage.

After the meal is over, our attention quickly turns to finding holiday bargains on Black Friday. The biggest item on everyone’s list is running back Thomas Rawls. His 255 combined yards and two touchdowns are better than any gaming system, computer or big-screen TV, although you might have to fight equally insane waiver lines to get him. If you miss out on Rawls, Ravens rookie Buck Allen (115 total yards) could be your biggest score of the season as Justin Forsett is out for the year.